TO THE SAME. CANTERBURY, AUGUST 29, 1789. I. THRO' tower-crown'd battlements I stray, II. Those priests so proud, thofe kings fo great, Their pomp and power, have long refign'd; Tho' haply at the hour of fate, They figh'd-for what they left behind! III. I pity them, alas !—and why? Ev'n now a fimilar grief I share ; Who think of GOLDER'S HILL *, and figh, *Golder's Hill, Hendon, where the Author had a countryhoufe; a place defervedly celebrated in an Ode by Akenfide. TO THE SAME, WITH A PRESENT OF PICKLED OYSTERS. I HOPE, you'll not quarrel With this little barrel; Nor fcornfully stickle Against oyfters in pickle, Since fo freely they pass If the Critics look cross, As if fauce fhould be fawce; If their tongues then must run, Let them take for their pains, what thefe tubs left behind 'em, And lick the bells clean-if they know, where to find 'em! TO MISS BISHOP, ON A VISIT AT RICHMOND. SUPPOSED TO COME FROM A FAVORITE PERSIAN KITTEN. "Tis but a little wish I send,— Accept it from a little friend.— May the whole period of your ftay Be jocund, as a Kitten's Day! Your temper and your manner shine, Sprightly and innocent, as mine! May Pleasure's felf, for your dear fake, A portion of my likeness take! Be brilliant, as the eye fo blue; Be fpotlefs, as the fnowy hue; Be frequent, as the frisks; and yet, Smooth, as the fur, of your-MINETTE ! TO THE SAME, AT RICHMOND. MARTIAL. BOOK IO. EPIGRAM 47. IMITATED. 'THE things, my dearest girl, that please In vifitants like you--are these : By Nature, not by Art acquir'd: 3 SENSE quick to learn, and glad ť inform : 4 GOOD-HUMOUR ever frank and warm: MARTIAL. L. x. Ep. 47. ■ Vitam quæ faciunt beatiorem, 2 Res non parta labore, fed relicta; |